January 6, 2010
Learning to Play Poker Game Online
One of the most popular card games in the world has taken the internet by storm. Each day,millions of players are meeting up online to play virtual games with other poker enthusiasts around the world. If you can’t think of a better way to spend a few hours than a rousing game of poker in the comfort of your own home, I have a few tips for getting started:
1. Even if you’ve played poker before, you want to start out online by playing a game that you have already mastered. Choose a game like Seven Card Stud that is easy to understand before leaping into any of hundreds of variations of poker games you can find online. Once you get the hang of the virtual playing field, you can expand your game to include some of the more complicated versions.
2. Be willing to learn from your mistakes. The only way to be a champion at poker is to look at your game without emotion and honestly evaluate your mistakes. This means making changes as they are needed each time you play. Before logging in to play, take the time to review your prior games and attempt to isolate any mistakes that you can work on. Poker is an intelligent game, and those who win consistently are those who are willing to analyze their play.
3. Remember that you’re playing real people online. The other players may not see you, but they can notice your behaviors, calls and tells and use them against you. Keeping a poker face is as important online as it is if you’re playing a game in person.
4. Be prepared to stop after a certain time or when you’re winnings (or losses) reache a certain point. If things aren’t going you way, get up and move around a little. Online gaming is akin to anything you do for an extended period of time on a computer. Don’t get stuck behind a computer screen without getting proper exercise, rest, food and water or you may find that the non-stop playing can take a toll on your health.
5. Do your research. You will find many online resources for improving your game. Forums and communities are full of people trading secrets and offering advice to players regardless of their skill level. If you’re serious about becoming a good player, be prepared to dedicate yourself to learning everything there is to know about the world of online gaming.
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According to the alleged Celebrity Apprentice Joan Rivers, poker players are “beyond white trash.” But I think there are millions of people who would beg to differ. As a matter of fact, poker is incredibly popular at the moment and so are its practitioners. This is evidenced by the fact that professional poker players such as Phil Ivey, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Phil Gordon and many others have become famous beyond anyone’s expectations in the last decade.
Poker’s star-making ability has inspired many to try to make a living on on-line poker sites. The results have been good for some and because of this many more people have become Internet poker millionaires. These poker successes are not always who you would expect them to be, because they’re often quite young and not seasoned professionals. Unfortunately, for every new batch of successful poker players, there are also those who have been victims of online gambling scams. These scams happen to mostly new players, because they are lured by the promise of big money and don’t do their homework first.
To make sure you don’t fall into this same trap, the following points can help you determine whether a site is a scam:
- If the site doesn’t look professional, don’t play there. Sub-standard construction could be an indicator of the work of a quick-buck artist or a cash-strapped owner who may go belly-up and take your money with him.
- Check if the site or its owners are members of the Interactive Gaming Council (IGC). IGC members pledge to follow a code of ethics.
- Make sure the site has 24-hour support with a toll-free phone number and e-mail.
- If a site passes the first three requirements, do several small test transactions before you put up any major money. These will reveal a lot about the quality of the site.
Everyone has to start somewhere, so there’s no reason why with a little luck and a lot of practice you couldn’t become one of online poker’s stars. Just make sure to do your homework first, so your success won’t be tainted by regret.
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I am somebody who loves to play online poker. It is more about the enjoyment and the relaxation than about attempting to gain financially. It goes without saying that it is always good to win and if you can make some money from playing a game that you enjoy then it’s a massive bonus. I usually play on the five-man tables where the first two get paid out. My aim is to reach the “heads up” stage by playing as “tight” as I can. If I can get into the final two I feel that I have a seventy percent chance of winning the tournament as I then change my poker strategy from playing tight to playing aggressively.
I am by no means a professional poker player; in my business life I run a web promotion agency and I also help people who offer business cost cutting. As a side line to these main business interests I am also involved in the stuttering therapy sector.
I used to be a very poor “heads up” player as I would often get bullied out of the majority of the hands. I realised that I had to learn a new way of playing in the final stage of a poker tournament as what I was currently doing was not working.
I soon learned that I needed to be the aggressor, the poker bully if you like. Instead of folding the majority of hands I now play, on average, ninety-five percent of them. I raise the pot with any ace, king, queen or Jack and raise all in with any two picture cards or when I am dealt an ace with a picture card.
By doing this I win a lot of the pots by default and if the other player chooses to call I believe I have a great chance of winning the hand. Just limping in can lead to all sorts of problems/decisions. Make it easy on yourself and your brain by being decisive early on. You will lose from time to time, that has to be expected, but by playing in this way has enabled me to win 70% of the heads up games that I have played in the last three months. I hope these tips work as well for you as they have for me.
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